‘$600 for a 10-minute diagnosis’: GP says patients are fighting for ADHD care
Patients with ADHD are paying hundreds of dollars for a psychiatrist diagnosis while others are missing out on timely access to stimulants because of GP…
Antony Scholefield
Antony is a medical reporter with a special interest in technology and pharmacy.
UK doctors on strike targeted with Aussie job billboards
Mobile billboards advertising Australian medical jobs have been following striking UK doctors on the picket line as part of an SA Government-funded campaign. NHS junior…
Pharmacy losses from 60-day dispensing ‘just 1.5% of revenue’
The AMA and RACGP have written to federal politicians urging them to ignore pharmacy lobby groups and wave through the Federal Government’s plan to let…
20 years of vaccinations may need repeating due to cold chain breaks at GP practice
Patients of a Tasmanian GP practice may have been given ineffective vaccines from 2003 to 2023, the state Department of Health has warned. The state’s…
Using ChatGPT to help with paperwork could breach patient privacy: MDO
Avant has warned doctors that typing patients’ names or medical details into ChatGPT has the potential to constitute a breach of confidentiality or privacy. ChatGPT,…
‘Medirorts’: $2bn health grants program involved deliberate legal breaches by bureaucrats
The federal Department of Health and Aged Care “deliberately breached” legal obligations and “fell short of ethical requirements” when administrating a $2 billion grant program, an…
Rising physical restraint use at children’s hospital ‘justified’, Health Minister says
A spike in “very complex” presentations justifies a fivefold increase in physical restraint use at a major children’s hospital, says the NSW Minister for Health.…
‘In non-doctor speak, the patient is f***ed’: a GP’s story
Dr Sonia Henry.GP and writer Dr Sonia Henry put jolts through the medical profession when she published an anonymous opinion piece in 2017 about medicine’s…
Stop hospitals using named referrals to exploit Medicare: RACGP
The RACGP has used a review of national hospital funding deals to demand an end to hospitals requiring GPs to write named referrals to get…
Pharmacy guild ‘likely’ used vaccination website data for political campaign, health official alleges
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia used patient phone numbers collected through its COVID-19 vaccination booking website to send text messages attacking the Federal Government, a senior…
